Ukraine: Small Arms Fire Damages Ukrainian Military Plane Over Slovyansk

Small arms fire hit and damaged a Ukrainian military surveillance plane over Slovyansk, a town held by pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region April 22, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said, according to a message BBC posted on Twitter.

As The Telegraph reports,

Ukrainian military aircraft hit by gunfire while on reconnaissance flight over Slavyansk, the defence ministry says

A Ukrainian military surveillance plane was hit and damaged by small arms fire as it was on a reconnaissance flight over the rebel-held eastern town of Slavyansk, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

The plane, a propellor-driven Antonov An-30, safely made an emergency landing, a ministry spokesman told AFP. None of its crew members was hurt.

"Thanks to the professional actions, military pilots managed to land the plane at the airfield without consequences," the ministry said in a statement. "After a thorough examination and diagnosis, aircraft combat capability was fully restored."

The attack occurred just hours after US Vice President Joe Biden left Ukraine's capital at the end of a two-day visit pledging Washington's support to Kiev's fledgling leaders.

Most people only think of themselves, all the time, 24 hours a day. They constantly remind themselves how important they are and how under appreciated they are. So you could stand in the middle of the street with a bull horn and no one would ever hear you.

got you beat by a year and I was an avid reader of ZH 6 months prior to my start date.

The quality of this site went downhill the day they implemented the red/green arrows. I've come to the conclusion that the United States is a comitted evil hegemon. As an American, that is a very sad statement. I'm convinced nothing short of total collapse will wake people up from the nightmare of fascism. The only obnoxious comments I hear come from the mouths of our "leaders" er puppets.

Respectfully, what makes you think the so-called, self-anointed "hi info" viewers and listeners have any idea in Hell what the phrase "petrodollar hegemony" means?

About ZH and its threads, there are low-life trolls dropping down arrows and posting typical troll trash, but at least it's at a higher level of education about these topics than what you see elsewhere.

The truth is that reading ZH is a highly educational experience - post-grad all the way. There are some very heavy hitters posting on ZH, and anyone who reads it regularly finds out that they have a reality check that you can't touch outside this site.

For example, the NYT and WaPo are nothing but slutted-out whores to the CIA propaganda machine. The more I read them, the more disgusting it gets. I wonder what these sluts tell themselves when they go home at night, knowing they spent their work day lying like a rug.

But then, they are all psychotic sociopaths by the time they make it to that level; no guilt, no shame, no conscience.

Well, at least having worked with them for decades I can get away with sending emails to my "friends" at the NYT and WaPo, calling them what they are.

There is some pleasure in being able to get through to them as a person they know - and can't really avoid . . .

i think you do a disservice to anyone that did not attain the 2, 4, or 6 year degree.

the divide between the classes is already an almost unbridgeable chasm. let us work to bridge this gap and strengthen our numbers.

Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not... fuck with us.

Momauguin Joe: "Why don't they just come out and say this is all about petrodollar hegemony? It'd be easier for the uninformed pukes following Hannity and Limbaugh to swallow.'

Likely because the Fox audence doesn't know what a 'petrodollar' is, or what the word 'hegemony' means. Since most in the US don't read a serious book after attending h.s. or college - theyre not going to look it up either.

The real underlying reason is that Fox is just a b.s. show - like the 'lib' networks. Owned and controlled by those wiht the same globalist agenda.

its a tad disappointing that a 4 year veteran and a large number of 'up' arrowed folks fell for what is now the 'zh' practice of baiting-the-front-end for clicks.

:)

p.s. i think zh changed hands once again. about 6 -8 months ago, the first buyer pumped up the clicks by frothing the herds with their opium based 'news' stories, and then sold recently based upon the value of 'clique clicks'. in this case, an intentionally misleading photo on the lead-in page.

The quality of article has definately gone downhill over time (only to be expected as corporates take over and replace expensive experienced journos with kids out of grad school)

The quality of the comments (sometimes just crap, I don't know why they bother) can be top quality, you can actually learn about facts and points of view, sometimes very well articulated, here that you wouldn't see anywhere else.

Perhaps the editors should understand that the articles are comment bait and it is they that generate ad clicks

In all likelihood the comments will be restricted to 300chrs in the future and dissent will not be tolerated.

Ah well, it was nice whilst it lasted. This is the internet, attract customers by giving them what they want or die. Free market, suckers.

Anybody got any recommendations or do I have to set up my own. (it's only $80)

these crazed russian militants should be tried for war crimes for shooting at fighter pets. Animal cruelty is something that should not be tolerated. Unless the are shooting at the fighter pets with lazer cats.

Good, I hope they shoot it down. Time for a real confrontation. Asshole Biden encouraged muslim koranimals at a DC dinner with albanian filth to kill Serbs in Kosovo. Sometimes I don't even recognize the shape the US has taken.

You're kind of young for a stupid fucking sock-puppet, only 30 weeks old? I see though you got started posting on the 1st of March, rather than waiting for monday the 3rd, like most all of your peers around here.

according to survivor accounts, the band played on the deck of the sinking titanic (olympic really, but that is another story) until just before the great ship broke apart and sank beneath the icy water.

yeah, as if any of this matters for the market anymore. No one cares. get used to it. We should care, don't get me wrong, but not only do Americans not care, the market doesn't give a shit anymore either. It's numb to this issue.